Finding a roommate can be both an art and a slog. You need to find a person you get along with — and with whom you share similar living habits. Harrison Stevens, now the vice president of marketing at ...

Picture your first week as a college first year: your parents are gone, and the first hours of freedom set in. You’re eager to familiarize yourself with the bustling campus, and so many people are ...

The legality of vetoing someone based on their birthday is now being hotly debated, reports The Guardian. But the larger moral question of using astrology as a compatibility tool definitely isn't ...

Katie Lim worried selecting a bad roommate could tank her freshman year before it even began. A portal from the University of Maryland read like a government form: dense with text, full of questions ...

After a weekend getaway to Pittsburgh years ago, Julia returned to her Chicago apartment to find clothing, liquor bottles and sex toys cluttering her living room. A giant candle had burned a hole in ...

“Someone might say, ‘I have a perfect roommate. We drink wine, watch DVDs, hang out and we’re best friends,’ ” said Matt Hutchinson, the communications director of SpareRoom. “And someone else might ...

Ah, roommates. Find one you love and it’s like a non-stop sleepover (complete with face masks and the occasional cathartic cry). When the pendulum swings the other way, however, you might end up ...